Necdet Uğur (full name Mustafa Necdet Uğur; 1 January 1923 – 27 September 2004)[1] was a Turkish politician in Turkey.

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Necdet Uğur
Ministry of Interior
In office
21 June 1977  21 July 1977
Preceded bySabahattin Özbek
Succeeded byKorkut Özal
Minister of National Education
In office
5 January 1978  12 November 1979
Preceded byNahit Menteşe
Succeeded byOrhan Cemal Fersoy
Personal details
Born(1923-01-01)1 January 1923
Mecitözü, Turkey
Died27 September 2004(2004-09-27) (aged 81)
Istanbul, Turkey
Political partyRepublican People's Party (CHP)
Alma materAnkara University
OccupationPolitician
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Early life and education

He was born in 1923 in Mecitözü in Çorum Province. In 1944 he graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, of Ankara University. He served as chief security director of several Turkish Provinces including Istanbul and İzmir.[2] Before the 1963 Turkish local elections he was appointed as the Istanbul mayor to serve up to the election date. However he did not run for the office in the elections.

Political life

After 1968 he attended politics in Republican People's Party (CHP) and became the speaker of the Istanbul branch of his party. On 11 October 1969 by the 1969 Turkish general election, he was elected to the lower house. He was also elected in 1973 and 1977 elections. In the short-lived 40th government of Turkey he was the Minister of Interior (1977).[3] In the 42nd government of Turkey he was the Minister of National Education (1978-1979).[4] After 1980 Turkish coup d'état like all senior politicians he abandoned politics . But in 1987 he became a member of Social Democrat Populist Party (SHP).

Books

He wrote two books; İsmet İnönü and Alla Turca'nın Sonu.[5] First book is on İsmet İnönü the former speaker of CHP and one of the friends of Atatürk, the founder of Turkish Republic. The second book is on criticism of the inadequacy of Turkish policy in the information age [6]

Death

He died on 27 September 2004 in Istanbul.[2]

References

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